Title :
Spontaneous symmetry breaking of cavity polariton solitons due to pseudospin dynamics
Author :
Werner, Albrecht ; Egorov, Oleg ; Lederer, Falk
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Condensed Matter Theor. & Solid State Opt., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We study the influence of the exciton pseudospin dynamics on the existence and stability of polariton solitons in a semiconductor microcavity. We find the spontaneous symmetry breaking of polarization and formation of vector polariton solitons.
Keywords :
excitons; light polarisation; micro-optics; microcavities; optical solitons; polaritons; cavity polariton solitons; exciton pseudospin dynamics; light polarization; semiconductor microcavity; spontaneous symmetry breaking; vector polariton solitons; Cavity resonators; Excitons; Microcavities; Optical diffraction; Photonics; Solitons; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
